Healthy Eating for Autism – learn why it’s so important
As a parent of a child with autism, you have to decide every day what food they should eat. As much as it may be difficult to stay in line with a healthy diet for your child due to busy lifestyles and shuttling them from therapy session to therapy session, the importance of diet cannot […]
4 things to do NOW for your child with Autism
Whether your child was just recently diagnosed with autism or perhaps they were diagnosed years ago with a developmental delay, there are some great services available to help support their needs behaviourally like ABA (Applied Behavioural Analysis) and IBI (Intensive Behavioural Intervention). Unfortunately, you may have already felt that there is not a lot of […]
Why Diet and Nutrient Changes can be Beneficial for Children with Autism
Dr. Danielle O’Connor ND explains the importance of treating the medical aspects of autism. She explains dietary and nutrient interventions and the biochemistry behind their application. If you have a child on the spectrum and are interested in seeing if dietary changes can improve their behaviour, sleep, speech and cognition, check it out!
Nurtition for Autism – 5-Day Smoothie Challenge
Even in the past 3 years we have seen many scientific studies on the benefits of a healthy diet on behaviour and cognition in autism. Gluten-free, casein-free, and modified ketogenic are amongst the most recently studied. In clinical practice I use a specific autism diet that is a combination based on Derek McFabes research, the […]